Book
The Maori: volume 1
Printed by H.H. Tombs, limited • V • Published In 1924 • Pages: xv, 530
By: Best, Elsdon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, Vol. 1 of a two volume work on the Maori of New Zealand, presents a comprehensive ethnographic study of native life as it existed in pre-European days. The author, a noted authority on the Maori, compiled this work from numerous notes made in the field between the years 1870 to 1920. In this first volume, the author covers the following aspects of Maori life: a physical description of the people, their culture history, the teaching of traditional history in the Whare wananga or school of learning, cosmogony, myth and folklore, religion, magical practices, and social customs both per se and in relation to marriage. Volume 2 of The Maori is in this collection (Best, document 2).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- Traditional history
- Spirits and gods
- Literary texts
- General character of religion
- Avoidance and taboo
- Eschatology
- Sorcery
- Food preparation
- Marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maori
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1963: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1870-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1820-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Zealand
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Elsdon Best
- 'Published by the Board of Maori Ethnological Research for the author and on behalf of the Polynesian Society.'
- 'List of authorities quoted': v. 1, p. 481-483
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 24024356
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Maori (New Zealand people)